"THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE"
PELOPONNESIAN PEASANTS IN NAUPLIA, CHIEF TOWN OF ARGOLIS
Beautifully situated on the gulf of the same name, Nauplia is, for modern Greece, an
unusually clean town. It was captured from the Turks by the Greeks just Ioo years ago
(December 12, 1822) and for ii years was the Greek capital.
Greece is the country par excellence
for picnics. It is a common saying in
Athens, that "there is not a day in the
year in which the sun is not visible for at
least a moment."
However this may be,
one is generally assured of good weather
for excursions, and when one adds to this
the softness of the air, the beauty of the
landscape, and the wealth of association,
there is little left to be desired.
Another charm which the rambler in
Attica is quick to remark is the absence of
human life, even within an hour's walk of
the capital. I have wandered over the
hillsides for an entire day and have not
seen even a shepherd boy.
One of the most delightful of the many
trips out of Athens is to the Fortress of
Phyle, which lies hidden away in the
Parnes Range and guards what was once
an important route, especially toward
Thebes. It is true that there were other
routes into the Boeotian Plain, but that via
Phyle was of great importance. Over
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